Author: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society (Minn.)
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Category : Minnetonka, Lake (Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Souvenir Edition, Lake Minnetonka Tourist, V.1, No. 1, June 1876
Author: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society (Minn.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Minnetonka, Lake (Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Minnetonka, Lake (Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Merit Promotion Program
Author: United States. Federal Aviation Administration
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Yellowstone National Park
Author:
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Category : Underwater archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 190
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ISBN:
Category : Underwater archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 190
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Collecting Shakespeare
Author: Stephen H. Grant
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421411873
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The first biography of Henry and Emily Folger, who acquired the largest and finest collection of Shakespeare in the world. In Collecting Shakespeare, Stephen H. Grant recounts the American success story of Henry and Emily Folger of Brooklyn, a couple who were devoted to each other, in love with Shakespeare, and bitten by the collecting bug. Shortly after marrying in 1885, the Folgers started buying, cataloging, and storing all manner of items about Shakespeare and his era. Emily earned a master's degree in Shakespeare studies. The frugal couple worked passionately as a tight-knit team during the Gilded Age, financing their hobby with the fortune Henry earned as president of Standard Oil Company of New York, where he was a trusted associate of John D. Rockefeller Sr. While a number of American universities offered to house the collection, the Folgers wanted to give it to the American people. Afraid the price of antiquarian books would soar if their names were revealed, they secretly acquired prime real estate on Capitol Hill near the Library of Congress. They commissioned the design and construction of an elegant building with a reading room, public exhibition hall, and the Elizabethan Theatre. The Folger Shakespeare Library was dedicated on the Bard's birthday, April 23, 1932. The library houses 82 First Folios, 275,000 books, and 60,000 manuscripts. It welcomes more than 100,000 visitors a year and provides professors, scholars, graduate students, and researchers from around the world with access to the collections. It is also a vibrant center in Washington, D.C., for cultural programs, including theater, concerts, lectures, and poetry readings. The library provided Grant with unprecedented access to the primary sources within the Folger vault. He draws on interviews with surviving Folger relatives and visits to 35 related archives in the United States and in Britain to create a portrait of the remarkable couple who ensured that Shakespeare would have a beautiful home in America.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421411873
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The first biography of Henry and Emily Folger, who acquired the largest and finest collection of Shakespeare in the world. In Collecting Shakespeare, Stephen H. Grant recounts the American success story of Henry and Emily Folger of Brooklyn, a couple who were devoted to each other, in love with Shakespeare, and bitten by the collecting bug. Shortly after marrying in 1885, the Folgers started buying, cataloging, and storing all manner of items about Shakespeare and his era. Emily earned a master's degree in Shakespeare studies. The frugal couple worked passionately as a tight-knit team during the Gilded Age, financing their hobby with the fortune Henry earned as president of Standard Oil Company of New York, where he was a trusted associate of John D. Rockefeller Sr. While a number of American universities offered to house the collection, the Folgers wanted to give it to the American people. Afraid the price of antiquarian books would soar if their names were revealed, they secretly acquired prime real estate on Capitol Hill near the Library of Congress. They commissioned the design and construction of an elegant building with a reading room, public exhibition hall, and the Elizabethan Theatre. The Folger Shakespeare Library was dedicated on the Bard's birthday, April 23, 1932. The library houses 82 First Folios, 275,000 books, and 60,000 manuscripts. It welcomes more than 100,000 visitors a year and provides professors, scholars, graduate students, and researchers from around the world with access to the collections. It is also a vibrant center in Washington, D.C., for cultural programs, including theater, concerts, lectures, and poetry readings. The library provided Grant with unprecedented access to the primary sources within the Folger vault. He draws on interviews with surviving Folger relatives and visits to 35 related archives in the United States and in Britain to create a portrait of the remarkable couple who ensured that Shakespeare would have a beautiful home in America.
History of the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Author: Isaac Atwater
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 902
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 902
Book Description
The Mac Almanac
Author: Sharon Zardetto Aker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781562761431
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 964
Book Description
Written in the same conversational tone that made The Macintosh Bible such a success, this book takes the concept of the ultimate reference book one step further. With completely updated information, more graphics, and dramatically improved internal design, this book is destined to become the premiere general reference book for today's Mac enthusiasts.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781562761431
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 964
Book Description
Written in the same conversational tone that made The Macintosh Bible such a success, this book takes the concept of the ultimate reference book one step further. With completely updated information, more graphics, and dramatically improved internal design, this book is destined to become the premiere general reference book for today's Mac enthusiasts.
What the Scarecrow Said
Author: Stewart D. Ikeda
Publisher: Regan Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
In World War II, two spirited widows obtain the release of a California horticulturist from an internment camp for Japanese-Americans in the hope that he will turn their barren land in Massachusetts into a farm. The man, a widower himself, becomes a reluctant participant in an impromptu family.
Publisher: Regan Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
In World War II, two spirited widows obtain the release of a California horticulturist from an internment camp for Japanese-Americans in the hope that he will turn their barren land in Massachusetts into a farm. The man, a widower himself, becomes a reluctant participant in an impromptu family.
Tidings from the 18th Century
Author: Beth Gilgun
Publisher: Scurlock Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781880655047
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Publisher: Scurlock Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781880655047
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Minnesota Architects
Author: Alan K. Lathrop
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780816644636
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
More than 250 biographies of architects who were born or worked for a significant time in Minnesota, featuring the architect's era of work, educational and professional experience, and descriptions of his or her most notable buildings.
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ISBN: 9780816644636
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
More than 250 biographies of architects who were born or worked for a significant time in Minnesota, featuring the architect's era of work, educational and professional experience, and descriptions of his or her most notable buildings.
A Provision of Human Nature
Author: Donald Kay
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description